A McCurdy School employee was charged with having sex with a student and a lawsuit has been filed against the school.

Filed this week in Santa Fe District Court, the lawsuit centers around Erik Armstrong, 35, who was once an IT tech at McCurdy. He was indicted in March on charges that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student who has since graduated.

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The suit names Armstrong and the school, saying, anybody reasonably observant would have known (that the two were having) an inappropriate relationship. It also said, the school could have prevented the sexual manipulation and battery of the victim by Armstrong.

Police said Armstrong confessed to everything. After that, the lawsuit said, McCurdy officials began a campaign of harassment and retaliation against the victim and her mother.

The attorney who filed the lawsuit refused to comment on this story. The school and the districts superintendent refused comment as well.

Armstrong is charged with four counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor. He faces up to 21 years in prison if convicted on all charges.